Environmental risks of extracting natural resources

Clip from
Behind The NewsABC1November 14, 2011

Pretend you're a politician weighing up the environmental risks and advantages of mining processing natural resources in a vulnerable environment, as Behind The News investigates the debate about Queensland's Curtis Island gas processing plant.

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